Number of people arriving on small boats rose over past year as an average of 71 migrants now being crammed onto dinghies
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Number of people arriving on small boats rose over past year as an average of 71 migrants now being crammed onto dinghies
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Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year
More than 36,000 people have made the journey so far this year
Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and…
Some 898 people made the journey in 13 boats on Wednesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 25,436, Home Office figures show
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to tackle people-smuggling gangs to deter people making the dangerous crossing
Some 2,163 people have arrived so far this month, bringing the total for the year to 41,455
